This study discusses the integrated order batching, sequencing and routing problem
(IOBSRP) in warehouses. Distinguished from the past studies, a comprehensive nonlinear …

A proper k-coloring of a graph G (V, E) is a labeling of the vertices with colors from the set C
1,..., k where neighboring vertices have different colors. We address the problem of sampling …

Many service systems in the fast food industry consist of two types of customers: fastidious
and strategic. A fastidious customer will always join the queue and wait for a fresh product …

This study is motivated by industries in which products can be partially prepared and stored
before demand occurs, while demand is stock-dependent. We study a multi-server system in …

Passengers' requirements in relation to the Airport Service Quality is rapidly increasing and
forcing companies and airport management to improve the services performances. It is clear …

The typical fast food service system can be conceptualized as a queueing system of
customers combined with an inventory of perishable products. A potentially effective means …

The rapid increase in passenger traffic on the one hand and the slow expansion of airport
capacity on the other have over the years limited the airport's capability to maintain …

Nowadays identifying techniques aimed at a rational use of electric power has become even
more important than the production of energy itself. This is caused by different factors, as the …

This paper deals with the optimization of the Check‐in, passenger migration, and Security
Control processes in an airport land side terminal. Given the layout of the terminal, the …

Purpose With an increasingly fierce competition of the shipbuilding industry, advanced
technologies and excellent management philosophies in the manufacturing industry are …